i just made oatmeal cookie dough without the egg so i could eat it raw and watch game of thrones…by myself.
i just want to take this vulnerable moment to express that i feel pretty lonely here most of the time. i’ve lived in ohio for 3 years and i’m only now starting to feel like i “know” people. making friends as an adult is hard, yo.
i don’t know what alchemy produced my social composition in DC but i can tell you it was golden. this means i don’t know what is out of balance here. i can say the thing about midwesterners is… they have their friends they’ve always had and they don’t make much room for newcomers. i can say that b/c i’m a midwesterner, just not this mid….further west.
having said that, i know the true agent here is me. i’ve made lots of changes and i’m starting to see the social growth here but i still need to really put myself out there. i would like to leave with this open letter:
dear columbus,
i have tried to woo you with my feathers, fringe, sequins and all sorts of shiny. these are my usual tricks to make friends but i guess i just need to come right out and ask…will you be my friend? please?
momjeanz 
vulnerability is beauty. i love you and i know that feeling somewhat. i have only been in my new land for 10 months but i feel ya. lets try to visit each other and we can watch Game of Thrones with cookie dough AND ice cream haha
thanks, kel. i’m sure you can relate. yes to visits and stuffing ourselves!
Wait! You have feathers, fringe, sequins and shiny things? Whip ’em out, sister. We’re going to have a ball!
ha ha, yes! i do. you can refer to this post: https://momjeanz.com/2012/11/01/punk-in/ and yes, we are going to have a ball. very glad to have met you.
I hear ya. Abu Dhabi girls (especially locals) are pretty private peeps. Even folks I meet through work aren’t quite “it”. Keep on hangin on. In the meantime, there’s Google Hangout.
true! i at least don’t have to cross the cultural divide so my friendly love vibes go out to you too lady :) looking forward to february.
You and me spin some glittery gold Elaine. That precious ore is hard to replicate. Miss you!
that we do. miss you more than i could type. it was such a golden time of life and we were all very precious to each other. still are!
If I didn’t know you I would be super-wooed by your sparkles, feathers and fringe. You are awesome, to know you is to love you, so don’t forget that. PS-Send me the leftovers! xoxo
thanks, Sarah. you are always so amazing. and….what leftovers? ha ha ha
i don’t know that you need the sparkles and feathers… i was wooed by the cookie dough and Game of Thrones part of the story. i’m 1/2 way through book 3 and would be into watching the series if you want company! (or, really, whatever else. i’ll call.)
robin, i’d love the company! let’s do it. as long as you don’t mind that i will be wearing a capelet and drinking from a goblet bc that’s how i do GoT. :) I just finished the first season but i’d gladly watch again…or anything else.